Morgan Brown was 19 and from Lynwood, Illinois when she was shot and killed outside the SVN Bar on 147th Street in Midlothian during the early hours of Halloween weekend. Police found her on Kilpatrick Avenue with gunshot wounds; she was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and pronounced dead. A second woman suffered gunshot wounds to her arm and leg.

Police say the violence began after a verbal altercation outside the bar on October 31, 2021. Authorities identified and arrested 25-year-old Jamil Hayes of Chicago on charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. Investigators allege Hayes pistol-whipped one woman, shot both victims, then fled in a gray Nissan Altima; he was located and taken into custody in March 2022.

Morgan’s father, David Brown, remembered her as a beautiful, happy, easygoing young woman who had recently graduated from cosmetology school and was starting her career as a hairstylist and entrepreneur. Does anyone have information about that night or the events outside the SVN Bar?